058 Glyphosate in Groceries; Hops! The Flavor of Beer

In the first part of this week’s podcast you’ll learn how to debunk a viral claim. There are repeated claims that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, is detected in a plethora of food, beverages and body fluids. The reports are designed to scare people, especially targeting parents that are concerned about the food they feed to their families. This week a glossy brochure surfaced making claims that glyphosate was detected in Cheerios, Oreos, organic snack foods, and many other common groceries. However, this was not a legitimate report from a peer-reviewed journal and should not be given much weight. Nonetheless, a well-meaning Snopes a response that gave the report undue credence. Fortunately they corrected the record.

The second part of the podcast discusses hops, the flavor element of beer. Where did it come from, why did people start using it in beer? These questions and others are discussed with Dr. Shaun Townsend, a plant breeder that creates new varieties for the craft brew industry.

Snopes is no longer a credible site.. They are NWO, Globalist and Not the friend of 99% of humanity. A propagandist weapon to sway the one click attention span.
With current corporate controlled communications informative studies by credible sources are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Many countries have outlawed GMO’s. For years. Ask yourself why and read their studies.
The fortune 5 ruling corporations have the monopoly on Food, Information, regulations, legal action, medicine, including vaccines. But what is important to remember is they have practiced genocide and are coming at the earth, animals, humanity and future generations from All directions. What I find disturbing is well is they own a major portion of the heritage seed vault.

People always question the credibility of websites that don’t sync with their beliefs. Snopes is a very good site for vetting information. If it was not, independent scientists and others would call it out.

Corporate controlled communications? Do you realize that these companies compete against each other and would love to see the others go away?

No, there are 2-3 countries where GE products are banned. That’s changing to fewer.

If this is genocide it is not working very well. People are living longer, populations growing. Thanks in part to availablity of food.

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The safe and powerful technologies of genetic engineering have had tremendous impacts in agriculture and medicine. However, future innovation and deployment of beneficial technologies are slowed by a lack of understanding. The point of this podcast is to help connect the public to current science and technology, and let scientists tell the stories of how science can help our farmers, industrialized world consumers, the environment, and the Developing World. The hope is that this resource can entertain and explain how new tools can improve food security, reduce poverty, and improve agricultural and medical practices.

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